"Veivosaki-Yaga": A Culturally Appropriate Indigenous Research Method in Fiji

Autor/inn/en	Tagicakiverata, Isimeli Waibuta; Nilan, Pam
Titel	"Veivosaki-Yaga": A Culturally Appropriate Indigenous Research Method in Fiji
Quelle	In: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 31 (2018) 6, S.545-556 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-8398
DOI	10.1080/09518398.2017.1422293
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Culturally Relevant Education; Indigenous Knowledge; Research Methodology; Group Discussion; Data Collection; Vocational Education; Focus Groups; Parent Attitudes; Developmentally Appropriate Practices; Fiji + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Gruppendiskussion; Data capture; Datensammlung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Elternverhalten; Entwicklungsbezogene Bildung; Fidschi
Abstract	This article reports on the development of a new culturally sensitive approach to collecting group discussion data in the Pacific: "veivosaki-yaga." The new approach was developed during a project on Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) in multicultural Fiji. One challenge was to gain understanding from villages of parental attitudes towards TVET. While focus groups proved to answer the purpose for Indian Fijian parents, they were deemed culturally inappropriate for Indigenous Fijian parents. As a 'de-colonising' Pacific methodology, "veivosaki-yaga" was judged to offer a culturally appropriate framework. Arising from strategic communication conventions in Indigenous Fijian culture," veivosaki-yaga" means 'worthwhile discussion'--of serious topics. It differs from the now well-known Pacific methodology approach of "talanoa," which is based on much more informal and free-flowing discussion. This paper does not engage the findings of the original project as such, but seeks to convey the value of a culturally appropriate methodological approach devised therein. It contributes to the currently evolving literature on Pacific methodologies in the field of qualitative educational research. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01